Fleet Europe Awards 2014 (press release)

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Michael DANA (FedEx) is International Fleet Manager of the Year 2014 Hamburg, 19 November 2014 – Michael Dana, Senior Fleet Manager EMEIA at FedEx, is the International Fleet Manager of the Year 2014. Mr. Dana was awarded the title at the annual Fleet Europe Awards. This year's ceremony, attended by over 600 international car fleet professionals from Europe and beyond, was held Wednesday 19 November at the Grand Elysée Hotel in Hamburg.

The Fleet Europe Awards recognise outstanding achievements in various categories of fleet management. This is the 8th consecutive year that the event was held. Driving force behind the Awards is Fleet Europe, the media platform specialised in B2B information on international car fleet management.

CATEGORIES 2014 International Fleet Manager of the Year is the most eye-catching of the prizes awarded each year. The others are equally noteworthy. Here is the full list of this year's Award categories:       

International Fleet Manager of the Year Award (plus prizes for 2nd and 3rd place) International Fleet Green Award International Fleet Safety Award (and runner-up) International Fleet Mobility Award International Fleet Innovation Award International Fleet Industry Award (plus prizes for 2nd and 3rd place) International Fleet Hall of Fame

INTERNATIONAL FLEET MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014 The European Fleet Industry's most coveted Award is presented every year to the person who has most successfully developed an international fleet management strategy and implemented an efficient international car policy, leading to an optimised cost structure and taking into account local differences and current fleet trends like sustainability, safety and mobility management.

The Award was won by Michael Dana, Senior Fleet Manager EMEIA at FedEx. The Award was presented to him by Hans-Georg Lutz, Senior Manager International Corporate Sales at Daimler, and Michael Pflüger, Senior Manager International Key Account Management at Mercedes-Benz Vans. Being responsible for a fleet of 7,800 vehicles, Mr. Dana impressed the jury by his success in transforming a complex vehicle fleet in a complex geographical framework into a cost-effective operation, both respecting company targets and achieving high employee satisfaction. All this without losing sight of safe-driving projects, effective and relevant KPIs, a top-notch health and safety policy, and an enviable CO2 reduction scheme.

The second prize in the category Fleet Manager of the Year 2014 went to Karen Ramsden, Senior Procurement Manager Global Fleet at Oracle. The Award was presented to her by Armand van Veen, President of Athlon International. The jury was impressed with Oracle's extraordinary turnaround of its fleet management project, successfully developing a cost-effective international car policy within the HR benefit sphere and setting up a centralised fleet management control centre in Romania.

Fer Derwort, European Fleet Manager at Infor, got the third prize in this category, which was presented to him by Vinzenz Pflanz, Chief Commercial Officer at Fleet Logistics International.

Infor successfully implemented a straightforward approach to fleet management, using one vehicle brand, one car leasing company and one fuel card for all of its 15 countries.

Previous winners: Raphaëlle Jeanneret, Schindler (2007) – Claus-Peter Krüger, Shell (2008) – Werner Berger, Nestle (2009) – Bruce MacLaren, Microsoft (2010) – Ivor Johnson, Pfizer (2011), Joe Carreira and Robert Patrick, MSD EMEA (2012) – Luc Dendievel, Johnson & Johnson (2013).

INTERNATIONAL FLEET GREEN AWARD 2014 This Award was won by Ronny Van Den Driesch, Audit & Vehicle Manager at Carglass, and presented to him by Stéphane Chesnel, Head of International Fleet Sales & Development at PSA. In 2008, Mr. Van Den Driesch launched a programme at Carglass called 'Working together for less CO2'. By the end of 2013, emissions at Carglass were down by almost 35%. The company's focus on CO2 and green fleet issues has also decreased the number of traffic accidents with 25% since 2013, repair costs with 20% and insurance cost with more than 5%.

Previous winners: Akzo Nobel (2007) – Hewlett-Packard (2008) - Bayer (2009) – Nokia Siemens Networks (2010) – 3M Europe (2011) – Bayer (2012) – Luxottica (2013)

INTERNATIONAL FLEET SAFETY AWARD 2014 The first prize in the category International Fleet Safety Award category went to Csaba Csiszko, Corporate Health & Safety Director at Philip Morris International (PMI). The Award was presented by Olivier Marion, General Manager of Corporate Sales at Nissan Europe, representing the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

This Award recognises a company that has successfully implemented a safety project for its fleet within the framework of its CSR strategy. It rewards a project that focuses on original tools and programmes to improve the safety of its drivers, whilst taking into account TCO optimisation.

Despite the increase in its fleet size, PMI has managed to reduce the number of fleet injuries by 60% since 2012. An essential element in that reduction is the company's excellent communication with its 25,000+ drivers.

The second prize in this category was for Patrik Havranek, Head of Fleet Management at ISS Facility Services. The Award was presented by Andrzej Sacha, Global Fleet Solutions Manager at Nestlé, who was last year's winner in this category.

ISS has implemented a wide range of safety initiatives, from dedicated safe driver training sessions to GPS tracking, resulting in a more than 5% yearly reduction of accidents.

Previous winners: Shell (2008) – BP (2009) – Coca-Cola Hellenic (2010) – Nalco Europe (2011) – Almirall (2012) – Nestlé (2013)

INTERNATIONAL FLEET MOBILITY AWARD 2014 This prize recognises the growing shift from car fleet management only to integrated mobility management, and rewards a project that focuses on enhancing mobility within the company while offering original mobility alternatives and optimisation of the use of the car.

The Award went to Franz Fehlner, Head of International Fleet at Allianz. Mr. Fehlner received the Award from Martin Jahn, Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Fleet International. Allianz has built up a successful green fleet strategy that is now growing into a true mobility approach, with recent initiatives promoting office sharing, teleworking, bike renting, car sharing and preferred public transport use.

Previous winners: Barilla (2009) – Accenture (2010) - 3M Europe (2011) – BNP Paribas Fortis (2012) – Luxottica (2013)

INTERNATIONAL FLEET INNOVATION AWARD 2014 Each year, this Award is given to an international fleet owner presenting a fleet management project that stands out in the field of innovation, and more specifically regarding the car policy, the use of reporting tools, the CSR approach, safety approach, or driver satisfaction.

This year, the Award went to Alex Han, Strategic Buyer Fleet at ThyssenKrupp. The Award was presented by Adrian Porter, Director Fleet and Remarketing at Hyundai. The jury was impressed by the way Alex Han and his colleagues have integrated a complete fleet management system that is aligned with the preferences and goals of ThyssenKrupp’s fleet strategy, and that creates almost 100% transparency in terms of TCO components.

Previous winners: Johnson & Johnson (2009) – Vodafone (2010) – IBM (2011) – BNP Paribas Fortis (2012) – CapGemini (2013)

FLEET EUROPE INDUSTRY AWARD 2014 With this award, the fleet community acknowledges the fact that there are no successful corporates without successful suppliers. The Fleet Europe Industry Award is designed to highlight innovative tools, products or services offered by international fleet suppliers that help international fleet managers to optimise their fleet management.

First prize went to Athlon Car Lease, for FlexDrive, a programme designed to spend a company car budget in a flexible way instead of all in one go.

Second prize went to TomTom Telematics, for its Open Platform WEBFLEET, an online application enabling fleet managers to remotely manage their vehicles anytime, from anywhere.

Third prize went to Dragintra, for its Mobicells software, facilitating the unified management of a diversity of mobility methods.

All prizes were handed out by Ian Hucker, Director European Fleet at Opel/Vauxhall Europe.

Previous winners: Arval with Arval Analytics (2010) – Mobileye (2011) – TCOPlus (2012) – Mobileye (2013)

FLEET EUROPE HALL OF FAME 2014 The Awards ceremony finished on a high, with the revelation of the 5th inductee in the Fleet Europe Hall of Fame – an honour reserved for pioneers and trailblazers of the fleet industry. The Fleet Europe Hall of Fame recognises fleet industry leaders who have significantly contributed to the international fleet management profession. For this 5th edition the winner was elected by Fleet Europe readers through online voting.

This year's laureate is Philippe Bismut, CEO at Arval. Mr. Bismut, a graduate of the École Polytechnique and MIT, joined BNP Paribas in 2002 as CEO of Arval UK. He was appointed CEO of Arval in 2011, and Chairman in 2013. He received his Award from the hands of Knut Krösche, Head of International Fleet, After Sales and Used Car at Volkswagen Financial Services AG. Previous winners: Tony Elliott of ARI Strategic Services Group (2010) – Gianluca Soma, Société Générale (2011) – Bruce MacLaren, Microsoft (2012) – Pascal Serres, ALD International

~END~ Note to Editors: Please note also that there is a dedicated website for the Fleet Europe Awards providing all details about this competition (rules & regulation, award categories, processes…).

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